Posts Tagged ‘ Techfest ’

Last Day with Warlick and off to Bali!

February 16, 2007
Last Day with Warlick and off to Bali!

0Dear David, I just wanted to send my deepest gratitude for spending this week with our staff here at SAS. You left the staff wanting more and pondering Web 2.0, redefining literacy, and getting into the whole digital world. The talk in the hallways, in the classrooms, and the fact that my session titled “Let’s...
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Day four with Warlick

February 16, 2007
Day four with Warlick

0WOW is all that describes Warlick’s keynote. Anytime a keynote speaker can run a half hour late (no fault of David’s…herding teacher’s is like herding cats)and still have teachers talking about his message on an hour bus ride home is an exciting day! Before I get to far here are my notes for the...
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First half notes from Warlick’s keynote

February 15, 2007

0Tags: redefine literacy warlick What do we do with all this information. If 0.01% is only in print and we do not have access to digital information? Are we asking this question in every lesson that we teach: “Is this preparing our students for THEIR future?” To be literate today mean more than being able to read....
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Day three with Warlick

February 15, 2007
Day three with Warlick

0Another great day with David. My morning started off with this e-mail from one of the teachers from yesterday’s session: I just wanted to tell you how inspiring David Warlick’s blog session was yesterday. Seriously, I am totally psyched to use blogs in ESOL next year. The session also gave me a starting point for...
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Day two with Warlick

February 13, 2007
Day two with Warlick

0I can’t believe it’s only Tuesday and I’m not the one presenting. Today David did 4 sessions for teacher and then a parent night. Getting home around 8:30pm, I’m sure he’s sleeping well. If you EVER get the chance to have David do a parent presentation at your school do it! Although it...
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First day with Warlick

February 12, 2007
First day with Warlick

0Well we’re through the first day of David Warlick’s visit. He did three sessions on Harnessing the Digital Landscape with our teachers and one Video Games in education….and today is a light day for him. When we bring speakers in..which isn’t very often, we tend to have them going full on and David is...
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Recap of work

January 25, 2007
Recap of work

0I swear I passed myself in the hallway today. The last two weeks have been a whirl wind but I wanted to take some time at 11pm tonight to actually reflect on the past two weeks and some fun and amazing stuff that is going on here. Last week I set up all 3 of...
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